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“The Faculty of Theology at Huron University College, an independent and historically Anglican liberal arts institution affiliated with the University of Western Ontario and an affiliate member of the Toronto School of Theology, invites applications for an appointment in Islamic Studies with competency to teach in our undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs,” says an announcement in the Academy of Religion’s website.

The new faculty will teach courses on “introductions to the Qu’ran and the sources and practices surrounding its interpretation, surveys of Islamic thought and history, and elective seminars.” He or she will also participate in Huron’s Centre for Abrahamic Religions, “which offers workshops, educational programs and local initiatives to increase the mutual understanding of Judaism, Christianity and Islam”.

​This expansion of the Huron’s program in the study of religions in a “historically Christian, but increasingly inter-religious, environment” is the result of a cooperative venture among the College, the local Muslim community and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). Under this agreement, IIIT has agreed to match funds raised by the Muslim Association of Canada and the London Muslim Mosque, both based in London, Ontario, Canada.